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(No ModeL) O.J.HALEY. ATTACHMENT FOR SLEEVE, HOSE, AND GARMENT SUPPORTERS;

No. 320,469; Patented June 23, 1885 WITNESSES a v ByMAfmrne /J' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTINA J. I-IALEY, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR SLEEVE, HOSE, AND GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,469, dated June 23, 1885.

Application filed February 16, 1855. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTINA J. HAL-BY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Sleeve, Hose, and Garment Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to attachments for sleeve, hose, and garment supporters; and it has for its object to provide an article of this character by means of which the length of the supporter may be adjusted to suit the wearer.

With this end in view, the said invention consists in the combination of a safety-pin with a plate of slotted sheet metal attached thereto, all as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View showing my invention applied to a gentlemans garter. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the safety-pin with the slotted plate. Fig. 3 is a view of my invention as applied to a sleevesupporter, having safety-pins at each end. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, showing my attachment applied to another form of hosesupporter. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 3. I

Like letters are used to indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a safety-pin of the usual construction to which my improvement is applied. This improvement consists of a rectangular plate of sheet metal, B, provided with two or more transverse slots, a a, the upper corners of which plate are provided with eyes 1), formed by bending or rolling back the extended ends of said corners, as shown in Fig. 2.

In attaching the plate to the safety-pin the extended ends or short straps at the corners of the plate are passed around the body of the pin and then bent or clinched back upon the plate, and in this manner the eyes b are formed by means of which the plate is allowed to turn or swing outward as desired. This hinged connection of the slotted plate to the safety pin is considered the most desirable and convenient form of construction, and although I prefer to make the attachment in that manner, yet I do not wish to be limited to the same, for any one could make the connection rigid and attain the same object in View.

In Fig. l I have shown the application of the improvement to one form of gentlemans garter now in the market. As will be observed, one end of the elastic webbingis provided with a clasp for connection with the upper edge of the hose, and the other end is passed first through the upper slot, a, and then down through the lower slot. In this manner the tension on the webbing or strap serves to bind the upper end within the plate, and should it be found necessary to lessen the distance between the clasp and the safety-pin, this can be effected by swinging the plate outward and then drawing the upper end of the webbing through the slots of the said plate. By having the plate arranged to swing or turn outward the garter can be adjusted by the wearer without the necessity of detaching it from his leg; and furtheremore, the adjustment is effected with more convenience and facility. It

will be seen that the slotted plate enables the adjustment of the garter to be made without the use of buckles or the like, which cut and injure the webbing, and besides are very inconvenient to adjust. By my improvement should the webbing become worn at a particular plate, (at the point where the webbing fits within the first slot,) the wearer can shift the same by drawing the upper end through the plate to any place on the webbing. When the tension of the webbing or strap becomes loose, it can be adjusted in a similer manner.

In Fig. 3 is shown a garment or sleeve supporter having my attachment applied to one end thereof for adjusting the tension of the elastic strap or webbing. To one end of the webbing is attached a safety-pin, while the other end is passed through the slots of the plate B in the manner before described, the said plate being hinged to the other safetypin in a slightly different manner, by bending or rolling back the upper edge of the plate over the body of the pin. The advantages before enumerated to .the construction shown in Fig. 1 apply with equal force here for the construction shown in Fig. 3,the length of the webbing being adjustable, as desired, to suit the convenience and wishes of the wearer.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 4, instead of the webbing having only one clasp, as in the remaining figures, I construct it with clasps at each end of the webbing, the latter being looped or doubled through any one of the slots a of the plate B, which is attached to the safetypin in the manner hereinbefore described. This form of hose-supporter is very convenient and efficient, since by reason of the two clasps engaging the top edge of the hose at two different places, the weight is equalized and the strain is distributed. The safety-pin Ais connected to the garment of the wearer in the usual manner,the two branches of the webbing depending down and connecting with the hose, as stated. It will be observed that the webbing may be passed through any one of the series of slots in the plates, and doubled, as shown, and in this manner the length of the supporter may be increased or diminished as desired. 7

My attachment is susceptible of various ap plications. It can be adapted to all the forms of garment, sleeve, or hose supporters now in the market,where it will prove a convenient and serviceable addition thereto, enabling the length of the webbing to be adjusted as may suit the wishes of the wearer.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The safety-pin, in combination with the slotted plate hinged or pivoted to the pin, so as to swing or turn, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The safety-pin, in combination with the slotted metallic plate having its upper edge rolled or bent over the side bar of the pin, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTINA J. HALEY.

Witnesses:

E. W. DAVENPORT, WILLIAM V. A. POE. 

